Mainframe

(aka Dataframe)

File Name: Blaine L. Parker of Phoenix, Arizona.
Grade: Marine E-5 (1986-2008)
SNs: RA 818-50-1673; 818-50-BL73
Notes: Phoenix, in south central Arizona, is the state's capital and largest city, and former home to Williams Air Force Base. Mainframe was also the name of an Autobot released in 1990 as part of the Action Masters team.

Animated Appearances

Sunbow Voice

Appearances

Time Identifiable On Screen

Total Lines (In Own Voice)

Total Words

Patrick Pinney

26

1,700 seconds

172

1,724

Sunbow's Mainframe wore his first 1986 outfit, but with dark grey pants and with a black or dark grey collar on his shirt. Despite his young face and voice, the series made mention of an ex-wife (with whom he had children) and of his service in Vietnam. The series also gave him a mutual romantic attraction with Zarana.

Season 2 Opening (Sunbow)

3 seconds

(silent)

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 1

54 seconds

3 lines

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 2

86 seconds

10 lines

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 3

18 seconds

3 lines

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 4

20 seconds

2 lines

Arise Serpentor Arise Part 5

30 seconds

(silent)

Last Hour to Doomsday

41 seconds

5 lines

Computer Complications

372 seconds

44 lines

Sink the Montana

39 seconds

1 line

Cobrathon

191 seconds

19 lines

The Million Dollar Medic

14 seconds

3 lines

The Rotten Egg

9 seconds

(silent)

Once Upon a Joe

7 seconds

(silent)

Glamour Girls

84 seconds

6 lines

Grey Hairs and Growing Pains

255 seconds

25 lines

My Favorite Things

39 seconds

3 lines

The Most Dangerous Thing in the World

69 seconds

9 lines

Ninja Holiday

4 seconds

1 line

Nightmare Assault

61 seconds

5 lines

Joe's Night Out

164 seconds

17 lines

Sins of Our Fathers

31 seconds

1 line

Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep

37 seconds

10 lines

G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 1

51 seconds

3 lines

G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 2

4 seconds

(silent)

G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 4

9 seconds

2 lines

G.I. Joe: The Movie, Part 5

8 seconds

(silent)

Headcanon

Born November 11, 1946. Mainframe joined the Joe Team in March 1983, with his appearance represented by version 1. He was with the team until it was disbanded in December 1989 but was not recalled when the Joes were reactivated in 1991.

Mainframe enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and made it over to South-East Asia for the last year of hostilities, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army to get his degree from MIT on the G. I. Bill and did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting off boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and Mainframe was back in uniform.
"Too much of the modern battlefield is computer coordinated not to have a computer specialist right out there in the field with you. Problem is, most hackers don't exactly fit the combat profile. Mainframe is the exception. He was ten years older than the next oldest trainee at Parris Island and he still finished at the top ten of the class. He's got brains - but he's hard."

Mainframe enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and made it over to South-East Asia for the last year of hostilities, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army to get his degree from MIT on the G. I. Bill and did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting off boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and Mainframe was back in uniform.
"Too much of the modern battlefield is computer coordinated not to have a computer specialist right out there in the field with you. Problem is, most hackers don't exactly fit the combat profile. Mainframe is the exception. He was ten years older than the next oldest trainee at Parris Island and he still finished at the top ten of the class. He's got brains - but he's hard."

DATAFRAME enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and soon headed into battle overseas, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the Army to get his degree from MIT on the G.I. Bill then did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and DATAFRAME was back in uniform. The world's ever-increasing reliance upon technology makes him a valued member of the G.I. JOE team, and his ability to design computer viruses makes him a nightmarish nuisance for COBRA.
"You need a computer specialist in the field nowadays, since a battle is just as much about circuits and gigabytes as it is about sharpshooters and grenades."

Toy Notes: Carded in a two-pack with Beachhead (08) and an original comic (#11). Item #31530.